Table 1 Characteristics distribution among elder population in China
From: Life negative events and depressive symptoms: the China longitudinal ageing social survey
Variables | Sample size (n = 8177) | Depressive symptoms | |
|---|---|---|---|
with depressive symptoms (n = 3542) | without depressive symptoms (n = 4635) | ||
Age (years), mean (sd) | 69.07 (7.47) | 69.53 (7.67) | 68.73 (7.33) |
Education level | |||
Junior High school and above | 1670 | 931 (26.29%) | 739 (15.94%) |
Primary school | 2948 | 1408 (39.75%) | 1540 (33.23%) |
Never attended school | 3559 | 1203 (33.96%) | 2356 (50.83%) |
Gender (%) | |||
Male | 4378 | 1800 (50.82%) | 2578 (55.62%) |
Female | 3799 | 1742 (49.18%) | 2057 (44.38%) |
Marital status (%) | |||
Married | 5810 | 2258 (63.75%) | 3552 (76.63%) |
Widowed/divorced/unmarried | 2367 | 1284 (36.25%) | 1083 (23.37%) |
Ethnicity | |||
Han | 7659 | 3291 (92.91%) | 4368 (94.24%) |
Others | 518 | 251 (7.09%) | 267 (5.76%) |
Residence | |||
Rural | 2801 | 1487 (41.98%) | 1314 (28.35%) |
Urban | 5376 | 2055 (58.02%) | 3321 (71.65%) |
Living arrangement (%) | |||
Live with others | 7200 | 2972 (83.91%) | 4228 (91.22%) |
Live alone | 977 | 570 (16.09%) | 407 (8.78%) |
Physical disability | |||
No function problems | 7080 | 2799 (79.02%) | 4281 (92.36%) |
One and more functioning limitations | 1097 | 743 (20.98%) | 354 (7.64%) |
Chronic diseases (%) | |||
Yes | 5933 | 2909 (82.13%) | 3024 (65.24%) |
No | 2244 | 633 (17.87%) | 1611 (34.76%) |
Number of life negative events in past 12 months | |||
0 | 5945 | 2328 (65.73%) | 3617 (78.04%) |
1 | 1792 | 925 (26.11%) | 867 (18.70%) |
≥ 2 | 440 | 289 (8.16%) | 151 (3.26%) |